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Eftpos glitch hits supermarkets
Foodstuffs says an eftpos outage at lower North Island New World, Pak n' Save and Four Square stores this morning occurred after its systems were unable to cope with today's leap day date. The outage, which has now been resolved, affected many stores across the lower North Island from early this morning.
Read the full postUltra fast Broadband ready by July
Internet speeds up to 100 times faster than existing broadband will be available in New Plymouth by July this year. Waikato business Ultrafast Fibre has the government contract to lay the fibre optic cables for ultrafast broadband in this part of the country.
Read the full postNew Plymouth to welcome Volendam
For the first time in over a decade, a cruise ship will be calling in to New Plymouth’s Port Taranaki. Holland America Line’s ms Volendam will arrive in port Tuesday 27DEC for a 12-hour visit, during which its 1400 passengers will have the day to experience ‘Naki hospitality and activities.
Read the full postInnovation award for i-SITE
A vision to radically transform the customer experience in New Plymouth’s i-SITE has led to a national innovation award for New Plymouth District Council.
Read the full postTaranaki garden festival scores well
Almost 52,000 garden visits were recorded for the 2011 Powerco Taranaki Garden Spectacular – on par with numbers for last year despite some days of adverse weather and a weak economic climate.
Read the full postParihaka story told at Maata
In 1865 the settlement of Parihaka was founded by the Taranaki Prophets Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kakahi as a spiritual refuge. Over two thousand Maori joined them and their non-violent resistance to European occupation of their confiscated lands and their subsequent expulsion from the village are incidents woven into the country’s conscience.
Read the full postWelsh try-fest puts paid to Namibia
NEW PLYMOUTH, 27 Sept. - As twilight descended on Mount Taranaki on Monday night, so the sun set on Namibia’s Rugby World Cup 2011 campaign, outshone by a young Welsh team that pounced on the Welwitschias' mistakes. Playing their second match in five days, the exhausted Namibians were unable to contain the Welsh backline, which ran in 10 of their 12 tries in the 81-7 victory.
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